Ship/Smallcraft Code/Type DD Destroyer
Service/Source Grayson Space Navy (Pre-Alliance)
Class Name Ararat
Mass/Displacement (Tons) 75,000
Length Overall (Meters) 700
Maximum Beam (Meters) 150
Maximum Height (Meters) 100
Maximum Acceleration (G) 500 in Normal-Space 4,824.5 in Hyper-Space
Complement 300 (30 Officer + 270 Warrant/Enlisted)
Core Crew 300 (30 + 270)
Armament Mounted Weapon Mount Placement
Type/Number Broadside Mounts P/S Chase Mounts F/A
Launcher Mod 1 x14 5/5 2/2
Laser 25cm x6 3/3 0/0
Laser 60cm x2 0/0 1/1
PD Laser Cluster x14 5/5 2/2
Missile(s) Used GSN 120t Standard Nuke, 50Mt yield (30K G max accel).
GSN Mk1 Countermissile (Reaction Drive)
Parasite Complement LCL x2 (Snipe); LCS x1 (Pup)
Designer/Creator GSN Office of Shipbuilding with assistance from RMN BuShips
Notes Ship CO rank is Commander/Captain Junior Grade.
This class was introduced in The Honor of the Queen. It originally consisted of four ships: GNS Ararat, GNS David, GNS Judah, and GNS Saul. The first three were destroyed in the First Battle of Yeltsin; GNS Saul was destroyed in the Battle of Blackbird.



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